My Grandmother's Teeth

from Fireflies and Bats by faira

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Faira - My Grandmother’s Teeth

Have you ever had a longer talk with your grandma than this?
Have you ever noticed the loss of memory closer than this?
I’d say her brain still functions well - she jokes about her death
Her smile hasn’t grown too tired yet, she talks well about her teeth

Her daughter came back to her after fifty-five years
Asking for the reason why she had disappeared

No-one will ever know why her arms were never open wide
I never liked her as a kid, I never liked her.

And my mother told me I shouldn’t even feel that
That I should love her no matter

Have you ever had a better talk with your mother than this?
The words we share couldn’t fill a book, still she understands me
She’s having dreams of us kids since before we were born
And in her dreams now we’re still children - each of us a different age

Sometimes I’d like to go back to my mother’s womb
Let me go home

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from Fireflies and Bats, released May 14, 2021

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Faira is the folk-experimental project of singer, songwriter and guitarist Sophia Spies (DE). Through her understanding of songwriting, she creates a powerful imagery that finds its expression through classical and playful arrangements on the guitar and very unconventional song structures. Faira’s music is a balancing act between impelled somberness and careful glee. ... more

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